Hong Kong cuts rail links to mainland China as coronavirus spreads Updated : January 28, 2020 05:35 PM IST China's death toll from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern rose by 25 to at least 106 on Tuesday. Asian stock markets tumbled for a second day, dragged down by worries about the virus's global economic impact. United States and other governments prepared to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak.